Marinela Rusu

MARINELA RUSU

Marinela Rusu, born in Iași, Romania, is a full member of the Union of Visual Artists from Romania, member of the Association of Artists and Fine Arts, Pieria, Greece, and member of the Circle Foundation for the Artists, Lyon, France.

Graduated from National University of Art "George Enescu" and University of Philosophy "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" from Iași, Romania, PhD, in Psychology, Marinela Rusu, both an artist and a psychologist, achieves a synthesis between the two specializations, generously transposing in her works of art incursions into the field of the human psyche, using specific metaphors and symbols.

Her artistic activity is prolific, organizing 28 personal exhibitions (in Greece and Romania) and participating in more than 70 collective exhibitions (Romania, Greece, Germany, Austria, Italy). Also, Marinela Rusu participated in many international creative and documentary painting campstogether withvaluable artists form all over the world.

She is present with personal pages published in albums and international magazines such as: ”Enciclopedia dei Contemporanei dell’Arte”,Italy (2022); ”Pagine D’Arte”, Italy (2018), ”Ta pedia paizei”, Greece (2015); "ARTIS, 2021", Romania, etc. The value of her creations was recognized by the more than 30 awards and distinctions granted to her in Romania and abroad. We mention here: the First Prize (of the Critics) and the Second Prize (of the Galleries), Milan, Italy (2015); III^rd Prize – Five Golden Stars, Eindhoven, Holland (2012), "Competition Distinction", Piatra Neamț, Romania, 2016, Excellence Award, Iași, Romania (2024) etc.

”Marinela Rusu is a dynamic and involved artist, mentions the art critic PhD. Mirela Ștefănescu, (2022), who equally accesses the aesthetic but also the spiritual paradigm. Her paintings are full of vibrancy and aesthetic commitment.”

Artist Statement

"My passion for art reflects a duality and an inevitable synthesis between art and psychology, between the artist's attraction to beauty and the psychologist's concern for understanding people's creativity, consciousness and emotional life.” Marinela Rusu (2023)